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Collmarie

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An object has a mass of 60 kg on Earth. What are the mass and weight of this object on the surface of the Moon where the acceleration of objects due to the gravitational attraction is only 1/6 of what it is on Earth?
 
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If the sum of the external torques exerted on an object is zero, then the sum of the external forces exerted on it must also be zero.
 
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Li Jun

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Reply #1 on: Jul 29, 2018
Answer to Question 1

mass = 60 kg, weight = 98 N

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Collmarie

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Reply 2 on: Jul 29, 2018
Excellent

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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